Reptile

Indian chameleon

Chamaeleo zeylanicus

हिन्दी: हालनियाँ

IUCN: Least Concern

Green Indian chameleon gripping a thin twig with a curled tail

Scientific name: Chamaeleo zeylanicus
Hindi name: हालनियाँ
Family: Chamaeleonidae, order Squamata
Group: Reptile
Conservation status: Least Concern

India's only true chameleon.

Spot it Green or brown, with a flat, humped body, a curled tail and eyes that swivel separately.
Home Trees and bushes in dry forest and scrub.
Food web Catches insects with its tongue.
Why it matters A slow, gentle insect-eater that needs bushes and trees to survive.

More in Wild animals